Ravinia Martin Theatre (Highland Park, IL)
Ravinia Martin Theatre welcomes the Ahn Trio. The piano trio, composed of three Korean-American sisters, is celebrated for their adventurous forays into modern classical music. They'll be performing an eclectic assortment of works, including selections from their latest album, Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac. Watch the concert indoors or listen to it on the sound system while picnicking on the lawn outside.
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Just inside the West Gate and steps from the train, the acoustically perfect 850-seat Martin Theatre is the only original building at Ravinia still remaining. It has stood since the park opened in 1904. Beautifully restored in 1996, the 850-seat recital hall is home to stunning chamber music and recital programs, jazz events during Jazz in June and also Martinis at the Martin, Ravinia's cabaret se... More
About Lawn Seating: Lawn seating is outside the theatre and does not include a view of the stage. Its an informal and comfortable place to picnic while listening to the concert broadcast to the lawn audience through a state-of-the-art sound system. Bring your own picnic or visit the restaurants and food and beverage kiosks on site. Bring a blanket or rent a lawn chair on site.
Kapustin: Divertissement for violin, cello and piano (Chicago premiere)
Yedidia: Song on the Land
Balakrishnan: Tremors
Skylife
Bunch: Dies Irie
Danceband* (Chicago premiere)
The Ahn Trio are three Korean American sisters who make up a classical piano trio. Their names are Angella (violin), Lucia (piano) and Maria (cello). Lucia and Maria are twins.
They were trained at Juilliard in New York. They achieved widespread recognition in the United States in 1987 when TIME Magazine featured them in a cover story about "Asian Whizz-kids". In 2003, they were selected by People Magazine as three of the "50 Most Beautiful People" and have been featured in Vogue, GQ and in ads for GAP and Anne Klein.
Lucia, Angella, and Maria thrive on dissolving the barriers between art forms. They have fused their work with that of dancers, pop singers, DJs, painters, installation artists, photographers, lighting designers, ecologists, and even kite makers. Most recently, they performed live at the Czech Grammys with the Tata Bojs, and received critical acclaim for their collaborative project with the David Parsons Dance Company.
Their first recording, of Ravel and Villa-Lobos trios, brought raves, such as Audio Magazine's "this is one of Ravel's best and never better played", and the next, an EMI recording of trios by Dvorak, Suk, and Shostakovich, won Germany's prestigious ECHO Award. A 1997 MTV appearance on Bryan Adams' "Unplugged" program led to the development of "Ahn-Plugged," which typifies the excitement and energy of the Ahn Trio. Mostly recently, they have created their own label, L.A.M.P (Lucia Angella Maria Productions), to allow them greater freedom to further explore the new, cutting edge projects they have always pursued. It is precisely this vitality and commitment to innovation that has the Ahn Trio continually drawing new audiences to classical music.
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